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Suspect pleads not guilty in Purdue student killing

Enlarge ImageRequest to buy this photoJohn Terhune | Journal & Courier (Lafayette, Ind.)Cody Cousins, right, was found near the murder scene on Tuesday with blood on his hands and clothes, a court filing said. Trial was set for April 22.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue University student killed on Tuesday was shot and stabbed in
the rampage that ended as quickly as it began with the suspect holding his bloody hands behind his
head awaiting arrest, prosecutors said in a court filing yesterday.

Cody Cousins, 23, of Warsaw, Ind., and a Centerville, Ohio, native, was formally charged with
murder in the killing of Andrew Boldt, 21, of West Bend, Wis., in a basement classroom at the
university. Both men were seniors in the College of Engineering at Purdue.

Cousins spoke only a few words and showed little emotion yesterday at a court hearing, where he
pleaded not guilty to murder. Tippecanoe County Magistrate Sean Persin ordered Cousins held without
bond and set a jury trial for April 22.

The attack was witnessed by several students in the classroom at the engineering building of the
university, according to court filings.

Police called to the scene found Cousins sitting on the ground outside the engineering building
with blood on his clothes, and his hands, also bloody, placed behind his head, Tippecanoe County
Prosecuting Attorney Patrick Harrington said in the court filing.

Police found bloody footprints on the floor not far from Boldt’s body and recovered a knife and
a handgun and several spent shell casings, the court filing states. At least part of the incident
was captured by a security-video camera.

Authorities have not specified a motive for the attack, but have said Cousins seemed to target
Boldt and no one else.